Wall St opens lower as Middle East turmoil clouds Fed outlook

March 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​lower on ‌Friday as the Iran war approached its fourth ‌week, ​roiling ⁠energy markets and ⁠prompting investors to aggressively reprice bets on the ​Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts.

The ⁠Dow ⁠Jones Industrial Average ​fell 45.8 points, ​or 0.10%, at ‌the open to 45,975.65. The S&P 500 ⁠fell 11.8 points, or 0.18%, to 6,594.66, ⁠while ‌the Nasdaq ⁠Composite dropped ​101.4 ‌points, or ​0.46%, to ⁠21,989.333.

(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju ​Samuel)